1 Samuel 25:36

THE ACCOUNT OF THE SUDDEN DEATH OF NABAL

"And Abigail came to Nabal, and lo, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she toll him nothing at all until the morning light. And in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife toll him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. And about ten days later the Lord smote Nabal; and he died."

The best explanation of what happened here is perhaps that of Smith who wrote, "A stroke of paralysis is the natural explanation of this."[15] When Abigail informed Nabal of what she had done, it is easy to suppose that he flew into a violent rage and that the initial stroke of paralysis put him into a coma for ten days, at the expiration of which the final stroke ended his life.

The N.T. speaks of certain persons who were "twice dead" (Jude 1:1:12); but it appears here that Nabal was `thrice dead.' He was dead drunk, dead wrong, and dead physically!